- Efficiently plan, manage, and execute projects that enable Intuitive to satisfy rapidly-growing demand for Systems manufacturing.
- Ensure manufacturing equipment designs meet functional, safety, ergonomic, and documentation requirements, to facilitate efficient production operation across Intuitive's US-based and international sites.
- Manage the equipment support group, a team of engineering technicians and associate engineers responsible for providing technical support to achieve adequate equipment uptime to enable production output.
- Manage resources outside of Intuitive Surgical (partners, contractors, vendors) in the specification, planning, and execution of projects involving complex production equipment.
- Effectively manage resources across various programs to ensure the achievement of technical and schedule objectives.
- Develop processes for tracking spare availability and creating documentation needed for outsourced equipment duplication support.
- Manage the procurement, build, and transfer lifecycle of line duplication efforts.
- Advocate techniques for world-class manufacturing and test equipment design for reliability, manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability.
- Drive product and equipment cost reductions through the continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.
- Improve product quality and reliability using Six Sigma,Cpk, Gauge R&R, and similar quality tools.
Manager Equipment and Test Engineering - Peachtree Corners, United States - Intuitive Surgical
Description
Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
Lead efforts within the Automation, Equipment, and Test Group to ensure that Intuitive consistently meets customer demand and product quality requirements by planning and executing projects to build, order, bring up, and qualify manufacturing equipment and developing test software. Expertise with custom equipment design and construction best practices will be leveraged to ensure that the manufacturing equipment is scalable and supportable in a multi-national manufacturing environment. Success in this role will depend on the ability to manage numerous concurrent complex projects while maintaining the highest possible quality standards. This management role will involve proposing, specifying, and managing projects performed by contractors and vendors, as well as managing engineers and technicians within the equipment and test group in the documentation, fabrication, bring-up, and qualification of sophisticated automated manufacturing equipment, including electro-mechanical production equipment, test equipment, data acquisition systems, tooling, and fixtures. Successful execution of these responsibilities will facilitate the achievement of quality, capacity, and cost goals for ISI's manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will have experience achieving results through others, managing a wide range of complex project teams, and developing complex industrial automation.
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